Rising summer temperatures are causing longer and more frequent heatwaves across Great Britain, according to the Met office. BBC analysis estimates that six million people live in places at risk of ...

Residents with a postcode in the Lake District have been awarded £1,000 in the People's Postcode Lottery. The lucky ...

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Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen, BBC analysis shows. Places to eat and drink have also increased - despite ...

Pick My Postcode, formerly known as Free Postcode Lottery, is a free daily lottery where you can win cash prizes every day. Each day, a postcode is picked at random to win £200. If the £200 is not ...

Campaigners around the UK are waging a series of hard-fought battles to change their postcodes. Why does a mail-sorting protocol arouse such strong passions? It's a rare system of alphanumeric ...

How long can you expect to live, what are your marriage prospects and how healthy are you? The answers to these questions lie hidden behind the six or seven-digit code at the end of your address.

Draws are announced every single day for the Postcode Lottery, which is played by thousands of people all over the UK. To take part in the Postcode Lottery daily draws, players must sign up their ...

Eight North East postcodes have won thousands of pounds in the postcode lottery over the last week (January 10 to January 16).

People's Postcode Lottery is best known for its enthusiastic adverts and huge prize draws, seeing thousands of pounds dished out to neighbourhoods across the UK each day. New research has revealed the ...